Vanity case



Dec. 1924- 13319514 F. M. STEVENS VANITY CASE Filed July 1923 PatentedDec. 16, 1924.

UNETEU STATES PATENT @i t ttZE,

FRANK M. STEVENS, OF DES MOINES, IOVVA,'ASSIGNOB TO THE ARMANI) COMPANY,OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

VANITY CASE.

Application filed. July 9,

To all whom it away concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. Srnvnns, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa,have invented a certain new and useiul Vanity Case, ot' which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a vanity case, especiallyadapted for contain ing toilet articles in powder form, the parts of thecase being very simple wherein it can be easily manufactured andmarketed at a comparatively low cost.

More particularly, my invention relates to a vanity case formed of apair of tubular members arranged to be fitted together for forming acomplete container and arranged with openings for permitting thecontents from within the container to be withdrawn, and to provide novelmeans for holding the pair of members against separation.

Still a further object is to provide a vanity case comprising a pair oftubular members arranged with overlapping portions and one of themembers being formed with the knurled bead, and the other member beingtermed with a tongue arranged to extend into the groove termed by theknurled bead wherein the members may be rotated relative to each otherand yet not being separated, the knurled bead forming a finger engagingpart.

Still another objectis to provide a pair of members fitted together andprovided with overlapping portions with means formed on one of themembers to'trictionally engage the inner wall of the other and thusprevent undesired accidental rotation of one member relative to theother.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of mydevice, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved vanity case.

Figure 2 is a central, through the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of one of the members forn'iing a part ofthe case, show ing the engaging tongue thereon.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line sectional view ll of Figure 3showing the tongue in section.

Figure 5 is an enlarged, detail view showing the construction of theknurled part on one of the members and. coacting tongue on the othermember received therein; and

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure Inthe accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numerals 10 and 11to indicate generally a pair of tubular members arranged to partiallylit on over another, as clearly shown in. Figure 2, in order to form acomplete container.

The member 10 has its upper end curved, as at 12, and formssubstantially a cover or cap for the member 11. The member 11 isprovided with a flat bottom 13 so that the entire case may be stood onend.

The member 10 is provided with a knurled bead 14 wherein an interiorgroove 15 is formed on the inner side of the member 10, as clearly shownin Figure 2 ol the drawings.

The knurled bead it forms a linger engaging part on the outside of themember 10 wherein it may be conveniently grasped by the fingers andeasily rotated for the purpose hereinafter more fully set forth.

The member 11 is provided with an annular bead 16 against which thelower edge of the member 10 may rest. The head 16 limits the movement ofthe memberlO upon the member 11.

In order to properly hold the member 10 upon the member 11, 1 form apair of tongues 17 from the material of the walls of the member 11. Thetongues are positioned above the beads 16 and on the portion of themember 11 which is overlapped by a portion of the member 10.

The tongues 17 are formed by blanking out a part of the material or themember 10 and springing the tongues 1'? outwardly.

The tongues are formed with two parts A and B. The part B is inclined aconsiderable amount and is received in the groove 15 formed by the bead14;. The part A is substantially parallel with and projects beyond themain body portion of the member 11 and is designed to "frictionallyengage a portion oi? the inner wall of the member 10, as clearlyillustrated in Figure oi the drawings.

The portion A of the tongue 17 engages (ill the member 10 to such anextent that it will prevent rotation undesired. of either of the membersrelative to each other.

The portion B of the. tongue 17, fitting into the groove 15, willprevent any possible.

separation of the members 10 and 11 or any lateral movement of themrelative to eachother.

The member 11, just above the bead 1'6 is tormed with an, opening. 18designed to register with an opening 19 formed in the member ,10 justbelow the head 14.

Theopenings 18' and 19 are designed to be brought in to register witheach other for permitting the contents within thecontaineror. case tobe. withdrawn.

The member 1l may be filled with any suitable powder and then the member10 slid, thereover until after the. tongues 17 have snapped intoposition where the portion .13 thereof will bereceived within thegroove,15,. at which, time the parts will. be,- come locked against.separation.

The. member 10 may be rotated relative to the member 11 by simply.engaging the knurledbead with the fingers. and hold ing the member 11with the other hand so that the. openings 18 and 19 may be brought toregistering position.

The ,containenmay be used for ordinary face powder of. powdered. fingernail polish, oranyother. suitable toilet. preparation in powder form.

It,w. i lh be seen that Ihave provided a veny efiicient and simplevanity case where in the knurled. bead. on one member serves as avctmvenient, engaging part and at the same time serves as a groove forreceiving, the tongue, on theother member for, preventing removing ofone ot the .members relative to the other. The tongue also. fnncti one,for, fir mly, engaging the parts, and thus preventing undesiredrotation of themem bersrelative to each other, but permitting suchvrotation. when desired.

Some. changes may be made in. the. con.- struetion. and arrangement ofthe .various parts of. my invention, without departing tromthe realspirit and purpose of my invention and it is my intention to coverby,my.claims,.any modlfied forms of structnre. or. use of mechanicalequivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In .a vanity case comprising a top. and. a bottom tubular memberfitted together. for forming a container, said top and bot.-

tom member having oneend open and onev end closed, the open ends beingtelescopedi for relative rotary movement, an annularheadliormed on thebottom member below its upper end, saidtop memberbeing fitted on saidbottom member and havingits lower end abutted against said head, anannular groove opening inwardly formed onsaid top member above its lowerend and below the upgroove in said top member for preventing 7 theseparation of the top member from the bottom member, each of saidmembers having an opening therein in their overlapping portions adaptedto register with each other for permittin the contents of thecontainer-to be discharged.

2; In a vanity case comprising a top and a bottonitubular member fittedtogether for. forming a container, said top and bottom memberhaving oneend open and one end closed, the open ends being telescoped for relativerotary movement, an annularhead formed on the bottom member below its upper end, said top member being fitted on said bottom member and havingits lower end 'abutted against said head, an; annular groove openinginwardly formed on said top member above its lower endand below theupper endof the bottom member when fitted together, a pair of resilienttongues on. said bottommember adapted to be covered by the portion oithe top member fitting over said bottom member, said. tongueshaving aflat portion offset from the body ot said bottom memberso as to bespaoed out beyond'the snrfacethereof, said flat portion being infrictional engagement with the inner surface of the top member forpreventing accidental rotation thereof, the lower edge ot' said tonguesbeingprojected into said annular groove for preventing, separation ofthetop from the bottom member.

A vanity case comprising a pair of tubular members fitted togethertortormmg container, one of said members being formed with air inwardlyopening annular groove, a tongue formed on the other of said membersadapted to extend into said groove for preventing of said members, aflat offset outwardly ere tending portion on said'tongue arranged tofi'ictionally engage the inner surface oi one of said members above thegroove there in for holding the members against;v accidental rotationrelative to each other. Des Moines, Iowa, June 26,1928.

FRANK STEVENS.

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